CVE-2020-11738
WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The Snap Creek Duplicator plugin before 1.3.28 for WordPress (and Duplicator Pro before 3.8.7.1) allows Directory Traversal via ../ in the file parameter to duplicator_download or duplicator_init.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 97.82% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 October 2021
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- awesomemotive/duplicator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 97.8% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11738
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.htmlNot Applicable
- https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?liteRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.htmlNot Applicable
- https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?liteRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11738US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.